Author Archives: Mass. Lawyers Weekly Staff

McDermott, Will & Emery celebrated the return of former partner Robert J. Cordy with a welcome-back reception that also marked the 35th anniversary of the firm’s Boston office. Cordy, who recently retired from the Supreme Judicial Court, served as head ...

A federal judge issued a decision on Dec. 4 standing by his order for Attorney General Maura T. Healey to appear in a Texas court in connection with her investigation of ExxonMobil. U.S. District Court Judge James E. Kinkeade denied ...

Attorney General Maura T. Healey has tapped a lawyer from her former law firm to fill the top post in her office. Mary B. Strother is deputy general counsel at WilmerHale, where she has spent the past two decades. Strother ...

A man who said a newspaper once falsely portrayed him as a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing will stand trial on a sex assault charge. The Sentinel & Enterprise reported that a judge on Dec. 6 denied a motion ...

A Boston attorney charged with swindling nearly $250,000 from clients, associates and even an intern-turned-girlfriend and using the money for a life of luxury has been held on $1 million bail. Wassem M. Amin pleaded not guilty on Dec. 6 ...

The trial of a Rhode Islander charged with killing a man whose body was found in his burned-out Massachusetts home ended with a hung jury. The Standard-Times reported that a Superior Court judge in New Bedford on Dec. 5 declared ...

Nearly a month after the application deadline passed, the Baker administration on Dec. 7 gave its first indication of interest in a state employee buyout program they hope can lead to $25 million in budget savings. Gov. Charlie Baker told ...

The Supreme Judicial Court has approved an amendment to Rule 3:11 of the Rules of the Supreme Judicial Court, effective Nov. 21. The rule concerns the five-member Committee on Judicial Ethics, which renders informal opinions and letter opinions with respect ...

Gov. Charlie Baker on Dec. 7 nominated two former assistant district attorneys to seats on the Superior Court bench, though councilors said the governor may have to re-nominate them come January. The nominees are C. William Barrett, a partner at ...